This is eight different directors, eight different studios, eight completely different visual languages all executing the same thing: Fujimoto's obsession with love breaking people in ways they don't see coming. Each episode swings for emotional gut-punch and lands it differently, which means you're never watching the same show twice. The animation alone justifies the runtime, but what actually destroys you is how casually these stories dismantle the idea that love is ever simple, even when it's between a guy and his chickens.

Eight very different worlds unfold across this anthology, each adapted from a short story Tatsuki Fujimoto created between the ages of 17 and 26. Two survivors form a bond in a world after the apocalypse. Sasaki Stopped a Bullet captures the raw feelings of adolescence. A science fiction romantic comedy imagines love on a cosmic scale. An unhinged assassin girl pursues a twisted romance. A boy and a mermaid grow close around a piano beneath the sea. A story about waking up as a girl looks at finding oneself beyond gender norms. Siblings journey under a harsh destiny. Artistic sisters face rivalry, conflict and growth. Different directors and studios, including ZEXCS, Lapin Track, GRAPH77, 100Studio, Studio Kafka and P.A.WORKS, each take on a chapter, so the collection moves between action, comedy, drama, romance and the supernatural.